TDT4240 - Software Architecture

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Examination arrangement

Course content

In the course, the students will learn to define and explain central concepts within software architecture and to use and describe design and architectural patterns, methods to design software architectures, methods to achieve software qualities, methods to document software architectures, and methods to evaluate software architectures. The course gives knowledge about various design and architectural patterns for some domains, and about software architecture and games. The course gives also a practical introduction to use of methods and techniques related to software architecture through a project that goes through the whole development process, as well as implementation of a software architecture.

General competence: - Improved skills within software engineering in general.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and exercises. The course will be held in English. Portfolio evaluation is the basis for the grade in the course. The portfolio includes a final written test (60%) and exercises (40%). The results for the parts are given in %-scores, while the entire portfolio is assigned a letter grade. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may change from written to oral.